Cabinet kitchen



April 8, 1930. R. w. MARTIN 1,753,526

CABINET KITCHEN Filed Nov. 24, 1925. 3 sheets-sheet 2 gwuentr t GNN: nu,

April 8, 1930. R. w. MARTIN CABINET KITCHEN Filed Novv 24. 1925 5 Sheets-Sheet Patented Apr. 8, 1930 PATENT OFFICE RODNEY w. MARTIN, or DAYTON, OHIO GABINET KITCHEN vApplication led November 24,1925.V Serial No. 71,162.y

My invention relates to camp kits and equipment and more particularly to a camp kitchen for use of tourists, campers and other temporary residents.

In the present invention there is contemplated a cabinet or housing, suitable to be carried on the running board of a motor vehicle and which may be temporarily elevated on a box, table or other convenient support. It not Aonly embodies compartmentashelves and containers for the usual camp cooking equipment, dishes and essentials, but contains independent compartments, each separately accessible from the exterior lof the cabinet or housing. One of such compartments is for the reception of food and the other to enclose a stove and fuel. The construction and arrangement is such that the equipment and utensils may not only be compactly arranged and easily accessible for use and safe for transportation, but they are entirely separated from the Vfood compartment and from the stove and fuel compartment so that neither the equipment and utensils nor the food supply may be contaminated by odors from'the stove or odors of fuel. The food and stove compartments are readily accessible from the exterior of the cabinet, without the necessity ofopening or disturbing the contentsof the equipment and utensil compartment. The various compartment closures are Y 'so arranged and disposed that they may be utilized as tables or supports for various culinary operations. The 'main closure door which extends beyond the equipment and utensil compartment and overlaps both the stove and food compartments is hinged at its bottom and when opened is supported in a horizontal position, by an adjustable sup-V porting leg for use as a table for general purposes. The closure door of the food compartment is of greater extent than the access opening t0 such compartment, beyond which it extends when closed andis a-dapted when opened to form an auxiliary leaf or suppdrt forthe disposition of food andeuttingof bread and like operations. The closure door to the stove and fuel compartmentis likewise adapted to form a rest or supportfor the camp stove and is provide-d with an extra leaf, which may be upturned to aord a wind break or protection to the stove against air currents or when not so used may be extended as an auxiliary table for culinary purposes;

The `Object of the invention is to simplify the structure, vas well as the means and mode of operation of camp equipment cabinets, whereby they will not only be cheapened in construction, but will be more efficient in use, convenientin arrangement, durable and unlikely to get out of repair. Y l

A further obj ect of the invention is to provide a camp cabinet, which will be of comparatively small size, in which the cooking and dispensing equipment may be closely and compactly arranged and whichwill embody entirely separated compartments forv foodv and for the lcamp stove and fuel supply, which various compartments are accessible independently from the exterior of the cabinet.

A further object is to provide a camp kitchen cabinet, the closure doors of which afford ample table area, greater than the areas Aof the compartment openings closed thereby.V

W'ith the above primary and other inci-v dental objects in view as more fully appears in the specification, the invention consists of the featuresof construction, the parts and combinations thereof, the arrangement of the features, and the vmode of operation, or their equivalents as hereinafter described and set forth' in vthe claims. i

In the accompanying drawings, wherein is shown the pref-erred, but obviously not necessarily the only form of embodiment ofthe invention, Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a camp cabinet forming the subject matter hereof. Fig. 2 is a similar perspective view from the opposite side. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View. Fig. 4 is a detail View of the closure door for the stove compartment.

Like parts are indicated by similar characters of reference throughout the several views.

The present camp kitchen or culinary cabinet is particularly designed for use of motor tourists, and is adaptedto be carried on the running board of a motor vehicle. Obviously, however, when camping the cabinet may be supported upon any convenient stump, box, table or other support. Such cabinet will also be found a great convenience lto temporary residents of summer camps or cottages, and other persons who have occasion to change their location'for place ofy abode more 'or less frequently.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 indicates the running board ofV a motor .vehicleLof which 2 2 are the front and rear fenders. The camp kitchen forming the subject matter hereof, comprises a housing or container of rectangular form, and box-like appearance, which is customarily formed of laminated veneer, ber or other light but strong material. The cabinet 3 isfdivided into three entirely independent and separate compartments comprisingthe main equipment and utensil compartment 4, which faces forwardly, a food compartment 5 which opens to one side of the cabinet 3, and a stove compartment 6, which opens to the opposite side of the cabinet. The main compartment or utensil andequipment compartment 4 is provided with shelves 7 and 8, and with a drawer 9. This drawer 9 is preferably of such .size that it will readily and easily receive a carton of eggs, and is preferably provided with a partition forming a `separate compartment within the drawer 9 to receive silverwareand small utensils, knives and the like. Hinged at each side of the main compartment 4 are swinging carriers 10 and 11, which may carry small containers for staple supplies, such as salt, sugar, tea, coffee and the like.

These carriers 10 and 11 being hinged to the cabinet structure are turned into the interior of the compartment 4, when the compartment is closed'. Upon opening the cabinet, these carriers are turned outwardly, where they are more conveniently located and easily accessible, also leaving thefshelves 7 and 8 and drawer 9 readilyeaccessible.- The variousvv cooking utensils and dishes may be conveniently and compactly disposed within the compartment 4. Adeep space 12 is provided intermediate the food compartment 5, and stove compartment 6, in which the larger pieces may be readily fitted. Hinged to the bottom of the front of the cabinet 3 is a large closure door 13 forming the front side of the housing which is considerably larger than the opening of the compartment 4, and overlaps the food compartment 5 and stove compartment 6,.as well as forming a closure door for the equipment and utensil compartment. This closure door 13 opens downwardly and forwardly about its hinge connection at its lower margin and is supported in horizontal position by an adjustable detachable leg 14, so that the enlarged closure door 13 may be utilized as a table. If such table was limited to the area of the compartment 4, it would be quite toosmall to be serviceable. However, by extending this closure door beyond the limit of the compartment for which it forms a closure `and making the hinged closure door equal to the entire front side of the cabinet, including the area, not only of the oompartment 4, but also the auxiliary food and stove' compartments 5 and 6, this hinged closure door is made of ample sizey to serve as a general purpose table. Inasmuch as it is not desirable to have the general food articles intermixed with the utensils and cooking equipment and since easy accessl will be frequently desired to the food vcompartments as articles of food may be purchased-from time to time, while traveling, this compartment 5 is provided with anl entirely independent access opening, located in the side of thecabinet. The access opening of the food compartment is closed by a hinged closure door or lid 15 also connected to the cabinet at its lower margin and opening downardly and outwardly. This closure door l5 for the food compar-tment 5 is also of greater extent than the access opening, and when closed extends a considerable distance above the openings to the food compartments within a frame or flange 16, formed upon the side of the cabinet. By thus extending the closure door 15, such door when opened to horizontal position is of ample size to serve as a cuttingr board for bread' or other food articles and to' be used as an' auxiliary table. The. propensity of many food articles to absorb odors and the danger offliquid fuel, such as gasoleney or kerosene contaminating the'food as well as the cooking equipment and utensils is guardedagainst by making the stove compartment entirely independent and separate from the food and'utensil compartments. This stove compartment is located onv the opposite side of the cabinet and opensoutwardly. It is of sufficient-size to containr a popular type of camp stove 17, which is Voperated by liquid fuel, such as gasolene or kerosene, alcohol, or the like, supplied from a tank 18. Like the closure doors for the main equipment compartment 4, and the food compartment 5, that of the stovecompartment 6 is also hinged at its lower margin and'opens downwardly aud'outwardly. When extended to horizontal position, it affords a support or table for vthestove 17. The closure door 19 of the stove compartment is provided with a'n inwardly folding leaf or extension 20, hinged to its rear margin, and foldable to the interior' of the door when the compartment is closed. This leaf or extension 2O may be upturned to a substantially right angle position as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 to protect the side of the vehicle against excessive heat from the stove when the cabinet is employed upon the running board of the vehicle. Likewise, this leaf or extension 20 may be upturned when the cabinet is removed from the vehicle and supported upon a box or table in order to protect the stove from air currents. The same leaf or extension 20, may be turned horizontally as shown in Fig. t in which position it is supported upon an arm 21, pivoted to the outer side of the closure door 19, to form an auxiliary table for the support of food and utensils used about the stove 17. When removed from the running board of the vehicle, the closures 15 of the food compartment 5, and 19 of the stove compartment 6, may be supported upon detachable legs or props similar to that shown at 1li. Such legs or props are adjustable in` height to accommodate them to inequalities of the ground. At the top of the stove compartment G there is provided a ledge 22 having in it a series of holes 23 in which may be thrust sticks from which to suspend towels and dish cloths for drying.

The swinging carrier 11 overlaps the drawer 9 when closed and is clamped against the front of the drawer by the closure door 13 thus holding the drawer against movement. The cabinet or housing rests upon base rails or sills 24 in which is slidingly mounted an auxiliary leaf or shelf 25. The slide 25 is convenient' for temporary use under conditions where it is not desired to open the main compartment. When the cabinet is removed from the running board of the vehicle and supported upon a table or box, this slide may be projected rearwardly to afford an additional shelf, when the closure 13 is in use as a table.

It will be apparent that the camp kitchen thus described affords a convenient, compact container for kitchen essentials and equipment as well as food articles andthe camp stove, all of which are separated from Y each other, but readily accessible and that the closure doors for the cabinet are so arranged as to afford a maximum table area, materially greater than the area of the access openingsk of the several compartments, to which such closures pertain. The arrangement and relation of the several compartments and their l extension doors is such that the cabinet is quite convenient for use, whether left in position upon the running board of a motor vehicle or removed therefrom to other suitable supports.

From the above description it will be apparent that there is thus provided a device of the character described possessing the particular features of advantage before enumerated as desirable, but which obviously is susceptible of modification in its form,

proportions, ldetail construction and arrange-1 ment of'- parts without departing from the advantages. Y i

While in order -to comply with the statute the invention liasbeen described in language more or less specific as to' structural features, it is to be' understood that the yinvention is not limited to the specific details shown, but that the means and construction herein disclosed com-prises the preferred form of several modes of putting the invention into effect and the invention is, therefore, claimed in any of its forms or modifications within the legitimate and valid scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a campers culinary cabinet and the like, a housing having therein a utensil and equipment compartment accessible from the front of the housing, a food compartment of less height than the housing accessible from one side of the housing, said compartment being located at the bottom of the housing with the utensil and `equipment compartment extending above and at one side of said food compartment, and a stove compartment extending from the bottom to the top of the housing at one end thereof and' accessible from the side of the housing,

principle involved or sacrificing anyof its and independent closures for the respectiveV compartments, including a double door for the stove compartment, the sections of which are normally disposed in overlapping relation with one section hinged to the other,.and

the latter section hinged at its lower margin to the housing, said food, stove and equipment compartmentsl being non-communicatingwith each other, and a closure door for the equipment compartment hinged to the housing at its bottom and opening downwardly and forwardly to form a table, said closure door being of greater area than the access opening of the equipment compartment and extending therebeyond'into overlapping relation with the food and stove compartments.

2. In a campers culinary cabinet and the like, a housing divided into noncommunicating compartmentsv comprising an equipment compartment of less height than the housing, located at one end thereof, a food compartment and a stove compartment located at the opposite end of the housing and extending from the bottom to the top thereof, each of said compartments extending from the front face to the rear of the housing, the food and stove compartments being spaced one from the other, with the equipment compartment located above said food compartment, and extending thence downwardly between he food compartment and the stove compartment, each independently accessible from a different sideof the housing, the front side of STy 13535526 theahousing.; commensura-bl'e with the combinedareas,` -ofallf the compartments being; hinged to thexhousing at its bottom overlapping the several compartments when` closed V peningdownwardlyand forwardly to `form aitabl'e, anl` means for supporting the housing side when inl extendedv position.

In testimonywhereof, Ijhave'hereunto set myfha-nd this'18th day of November, A. D.

RODNEY W. MARTIN. 

